PLDT

PLDT, Inc.
FormerlyPhilippine Long Distance Telephone Company (1928–2016)
Company typePublic
PSE: TEL
NYSE: PHI
IndustryTelecommunications
Predecessor
FoundedManila, Philippine Islands
(November 28, 1928 (1928-11-28))
Headquarters
Ramon Cojuangco Building, Makati Avenue corner Dela Rosa Street, Legazpi Village, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Marilyn A. Victorio-Aquino
    (SVP, Chief Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary)
  • Catherine Yap-Yang
    (FVP & Group Corporate Communications Officer)
ProductsCellular telephony
Digital Services
Fixed-line telephony
Internet Protocol television
Information technology
Satellite communications
Electricity distribution
Mass media
Revenue210.95 billion (2023)
36.48 billion (2023)
26.82 billion (2023)
Total assets609.52 billion (2023)
Total equity105.22 billion (2023)
OwnerPublic (42.09 percent)
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (14.5 percent)
Philippine Telecommunications Investment Corp. (12.05 percent)
JG Summit Holdings (11.27 percent)
Metro Pacific Resources, Inc. (9.98 percent)
NTT Communications Corp (5.85 percent)
First Pacific (3.54 percent)
Number of employees
15,596 (2023)
ParentFirst Pacific
SubsidiariesSmart Communications
MediaQuest Holdings
PLDT Communication and Energy Ventures
ASNs
  • 9299 (residential and business services)
  • 7629 (data center and enterprise services, operated by subsidiary ePLDT)
Websitemain.pldt.com

PLDT, Inc., formerly known as the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (Filipino: Kompanya ng Teleponong Pangmalayuan ng Pilipinas), is a Philippine telecommunications, internet and digital service company.

PLDT is one of the Philippine's major telecommunications providers, along with Globe Telecom and startup DITO Telecommunity. Founded in 1928, it is the oldest and largest telecommunications company in the Philippines, in terms of assets and revenues.

The company's core businesses are fixed-line telecommunications, mobile telephony services, broadband, and internet of things services under various brands. It also has investments in broadcasting, print media, utilities, and direct-to-home satellite services, among others. It is listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange and is being controlled by First Pacific, a Hong Kong–based investment management company, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, through its subsidiaries, and JG Summit Holdings.

Throughout the past decades, PLDT has received numerous complaints from the Philippine House of Representatives and Senate regarding slow internet connections.